Need help with wine.

[justgamma]

What's the best sweet red wine you know of? Don't like the sour ones. lol

[SnohoDem]

1. Look for

Roseblum red Zinfandel - it is quite sweet, but not too bad a wine. My wife loves it, I definitely don't.

[justgamma]

2. Thanks. n/t

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Uh...

...I've had just about every Rosenblum zin, and none of them are sweet.


They have a lot of fruit flavor, but no residual sugar -- hence, no sweetness.

[dweller]

3. damn....

<arriving too late with my empty glass>

ohwell.
dp

[Fire Bush]

4. Try syra's and shiraz too.

Actually there both the same thing. Boggle Petite Syra is one of my faves.

[MichaelUK]

5. Nothing better than a

good merlot

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Alright, folks, justgamma asked for a sweet wine, so I'll try to help.

You want a sweet red? Try a port. A nice ruby or vintage character port. I suggest Graham's "Six Grapes" -- it's relatively inexpensive, sweet as honey, and a very good dessert wine, to boot.

The other wines mentioned on this thread are NOT sweet (true, one can make sweet wines out of zinfandel, syrah, or merlot -- but the result is usually something abhorrent like "white zinfandel," which is an abomination to God, nature, and man). People often confuse a pronounced fruit flavor with sweetness, but that is not the case: sweetness is the result of sugar in the wine, and the vast majority of zins, syrahs, and merlots have no residual sugar.

Port, however, has got plenty of sugar.

[DemOverseas]

8. Blushing red

Malvasia.......they also make white. It is a Sicilian wine. They make the best Malvisia in Lipari an Island off the coast of Milazzo. Look for it. So light and sweet. But it can give a buzz.

[bearfan454]

9. Riunite for sweet red

or Lambrusco. Pretty cheap too. For Thanksgiving I usually make wine spritzers which is a tall glass with ice and half red wine, some 7up and a lemon or lime slice at the top. Pretty tasty.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. You're a TERMINAL GEEK if...

The first thing you thought of when reading the subject line was "Windows compatibility software for Linux".

[LWolf]

11. A port. n/t

[jmowreader]

12. What's the word?

Thunderbird!

How's it sold?
Good and cold!

What's the price?
Thirty twice!

Actually, Mr. Riggs shiraz is pretty good. Thunderbird is useful when you want a low-alcohol concoction to remove wax from your floors.